Cha Xiong found himself on the big blind when he faced a min-raise before him. With the small blind having folded before him, he called, and there were two players on their way to the flop.
The flop came out as 
. Xiong checked, but was then faced with a 30,000 bet. He chose to call and play continued.
The turn was 
. Both players checked.
A 
came out on the river. Xiong bet 45,000 and his opponent folded.
First to act, Timothy Gilliam announced all in for 89,000. Just after him, Adam Adler called. When it was Franciosi to act in late position, he also shoved for 199,000.
Adler called, and two players were at risk.
Timothy Gilliam: 
Alexander Franciosi: 
Adam Adler: 
An 
came as a first card to the flop, and it was way enough for Adler to eliminate two players and grab the chiplead.
There was 220,000 in the pot and a board of 
with John Sova was in the hijack.
The big blind checked to Sova, who bet 100,000. The big blind went deep into the tank before he folded. As Sova collected his chips, the big blind said he was close to calling.
Sova will be hoping for another deep run after coming 13th in Event #37: $1,500 Millionaire Maker for $68,069.
Joining the action in a big pot the board read 
. Kevin MacPhee was in the hijack.
The big blind bet 75,000 before MacPhee raised to 200,000. His opponent made the call. MacPhee turned over 
for aces full of queens to win the pot and move over a million chips.
Level: 17
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 10,000
There was no hand-for-hand action necessary after the floor paused the clocks with two minutes left in Level 16. The pause was to get an accurate count of the players left, and the floor soon after congratulated the remaining players on all being in the money.
The clock was unpaused and after two minutes of play commenced, they were all sent on a 20-minute break.
The blinds were left to themselves as Hyo Jung Urm called the big blind, and they were off to the flop.
The flop came out 
. Urm made a half pot-sized bet, and her opponent called the 12,000.
The turn was . Both players checked.
The river was 
, and both players elected to check again.
Urm turned over her 
and she was awarded the pot for her pair of eights when her opponent mucked.
Action was heads-up with Leo Zamarripa in the small blind while the big blind, Jeremy Palvini, was at risk.
Jeremy Palvini: 
Leo Zamarripa: 
The flop came 
to give Zamarripa a straight. The turn was the 
and the river the 
which eliminated Palvini.
The founder of the Aces Full of Food podcast was in a jubilant mood and having a blast coming off of his 969th place finish in the Main Event for $17,000.
The bubble is coming very fast, and a player just busted recently against Michael Abratique. He took his chance before the flop, for not that many chips.
Opponent:
Michael Abratique: 
The opponent was dominated, but when a 
came, he found a pair and a flush draw. The turn and the were not the cards he was expecting, and Abratique made another elimination before bubble time.
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